Plan And Quote
Send us the plans and the electrical layout. You get a fixed scope and an upfront price, not a provisional sum that moves later.
REC 11743
Rough In To Fit Off
Builders & Owner Builders
New Home ElectricalPackages
From temporary site supply through to the final fit off and your Certificate of Electrical Safety. We work to the plan and to the builder's program, so the next trade is never waiting on us.
One trade, one programTemp supply, rough in, board, fit off and certification handled by the same team from start to finish.
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What The Package Covers
Everything Between Bare Frame And Handover
A new home package is not a list of power points. It is a sequence, and every stage has to land in the right week or the trade behind you stops. This is what a Bernard Electrics package includes as standard.
01
Temporary builder's supply
Site power and safety switches set up so the frame, the chippies and the concrete crew have compliant power from day one.
02
Consumer mains and metering
Underground or overhead mains run in and terminated, meter box positioned and prepared, ready for the distributor.
03
Full rough in to plan
Every circuit run through frame before the plasterer arrives. Lighting, power, dedicated appliance circuits, exhaust fans and heating and cooling supplies.
04
Switchboard, single or three phase
A properly sized board with RCD protection on the circuits the Wiring Rules require it on, plus spare ways so the house can grow later.
05
Data, TV and comms rough in
Cat6 and TV runs pulled at the same time as the power, which is the only cheap time to do it.
06
Fit off and commissioning
Points, switches, lights, fans, oven and cooktop connections, exhausts and smoke alarms all fitted, labelled and tested.
07
Testing and certification
Every circuit tested and a Certificate of Electrical Safety issued for the prescribed work, which is what the building surveyor and your lender will want to see.
08
Defects and handover
One walk through with you or the builder, and anything on the list closed out before we call it finished.
Fit off is the part people see. Rough in is the part that decides whether the house works.
Stage By Stage
Where We Sit In Your Build
Temporary Supply
Site power in early so the trades behind us are never working off a neighbour's lead.
Rough In
Booked against your frame inspection date. Cables run, boxes set, board position prepared, ready for plaster.
Fit Off
After paint and joinery. Points, switches, lights, fans, appliances and alarms all fitted and set.
Test And Certify
Full test, board labelled, Certificate of Electrical Safety issued and handed over.
Scope
Standard Versus The Extras People Ask For
The base package covers a compliant, working house. The second column is the work that is far cheaper now, while the walls are open, than it will ever be again.
Included as standard
- Lighting and power circuits throughout, run to the electrical plan
- Dedicated circuits for oven, cooktop, dishwasher and laundry
- Hardwired, interconnected smoke alarms
- Exhaust fans and heating and cooling supplies
- Switchboard with RCD protection and labelled circuits
- External lighting and weatherproof outdoor points
- Full test, commissioning and Certificate of Electrical Safety
Worth doing while the walls are open
- EV charger circuit run to the garage, even if the charger comes later
- Three phase supply if you have a pool, workshop or heavy heating and cooling load
- Alfresco, pool and landscape circuits stubbed out to the right positions
- Cat6 data to every bedroom, the study and the TV wall
- Smart home automation wiring and switch positions
- Solar ready conduit from the roof space to the switchboard
- Extra spare ways in the board so the next change is not a board swap
Who We Work With
Builders, Owner Builders And Developers
Volume and custom builders
We read the program, we book against your inspection dates, and we tell you early if a variation is going to move the rough in. No chasing, no surprises on the fit off week.
Owner builders
You get the same package and the same certification, plus someone who will explain the electrical plan in plain English before you sign off on it. Most owner builders under order points and over order downlights, and that is worth a conversation before rough in.
Townhouse and multi dwelling developments
Metering, sub mains and individual unit distribution boards set up so each dwelling is separately metered and separately protected from the start.
Our Work
New Builds On The Tools
Photos from Bernard Electrics jobs around Melbourne. No stock imagery, just the work.
Questions
New Build Electrical FAQ
Both. We run new home electrical packages for builders on a program, and we work directly with owner builders who are managing their own trades. Either way the scope is written down and priced upfront before we start.
Twice for the main work, plus the temporary supply at the start. Rough in happens once the frame is up and before the plasterer, and fit off happens after paint and joinery. We book both against your program dates rather than guessing.
Yes. Every circuit is tested and a Certificate of Electrical Safety is issued for the prescribed electrical work. That is what the building surveyor will be looking for, and it is included, not an extra.
Yes, and it is the cheapest way to do it. Running a dedicated circuit and conduit to the garage during rough in costs a fraction of chasing it in after the walls are closed. The charger itself can go on years later.
Not always. It depends on your total load. A large home with ducted heating and cooling, a pool, a workshop or a fast EV charger can justify it. We work out the maximum demand from your plans and tell you honestly whether single phase will carry the house.
Yes. Cat6 data, TV and comms are roughed in at the same time as the power circuits, which is the only cheap time to run them. Positions are set with you before we pull anything.
It depends on the size of the house, the number of circuits, single or three phase supply, and how far the mains have to run. Send us the plans and the electrical layout and we will give you a free, itemised quote with the scope written down.
Service Areas
Where We Build
Based in Doncaster East and working right across inner Melbourne, the bayside suburbs, the south east and the eastern suburbs.
Bayside
- Brighton
- Sandringham
- Hampton
- Beaumaris
- Black Rock
- Cheltenham
- Highett
- Mentone
- Parkdale
- Mordialloc
- Aspendale
- Edithvale
- Chelsea
- Bonbeach
- Carrum
- Elwood
Inner Melbourne
- Carlton
- Fitzroy
- Collingwood
- Abbotsford
- Richmond
- Cremorne
- South Yarra
- Prahran
- Windsor
- St Kilda
- Albert Park
- Port Melbourne
- South Melbourne
- Southbank
South East
- Oakleigh
- Clayton
- Mulgrave
- Springvale
- Noble Park
- Dandenong
- Keysborough
- Endeavour Hills
Eastern Suburbs
- Doncaster East
- Glen Waverley
- Mount Waverley
- Wheelers Hill
- Rowville
- Wantirna
- Ferntree Gully
- Boronia
- Bayswater
Other Services You Might Need
Got Plans? Get A Fixed Price.
Send through the plans and the electrical layout and we will come back with an itemised quote and a scope you can hold us to.
Contact
Talk To Us About Your New Home Builds
Phone, text, email or the form. Whatever is easiest. Urgent jobs are always best by phone.
- Phone or SMS0474 906 716
- Emailbernardelectricsptyltd@gmail.com
- Based InDoncaster East, Victoria
- HoursMonday to Saturday, plus emergency callouts
- LicenceREC 11743, fully insured
Send An Enquiry
Tell us what you need and we will come back with a free quote.